Opinion

November 17, 2003

Your Car Isn’t Your Castle

By Mark Signa

I was sitting in my car when an officer caught me drinking a beer. I got the Minor in Possession ticket, but the officer also searched my car even though I told him I wasn't giving him permission to. Don't they need a wa...

November 17, 2003

Wait ‘Til You Get There

By Staff

I read that a couple dozen Iowa National Guard troops tried to avoid being shipped to Iraq by taking illegal drugs prior to drug tests the night before deployment - and got sent anyway. Talk about a bad trip.

November 17, 2003

Sexy, But Not Sinister, Neo-Conservatives Get Things Done

By Bradley Deal

I would like to address the disrespectful and ignorant article written by Drew Atkins on Nov. 12, "Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives." First off, his comments regarding the president of the United States and his administr...

November 17, 2003

Debate Supporters Get It Together Despite Hesitation

By John Peters Exec Dir College Republicans

On behalf of the College Republicans at UCSB, I would like to thank the Women's Center for finding someone to debate Phyllis Schlafly.

November 14, 2003

Big Mistake

By Staff

Halloween in Isla Vista: The party is over. Seriously, this time. It was 15 days ago. But that only brings next year's festivities 15 days closer. Planning can never start too early. Planning can never start too early. T...

November 14, 2003

Cop Out

By Staff

Well, the 'human went and got shitfaced before coming up with today's column. Now I'm staring at the roof of this goddamned cave, trying to think, like I have so many times before.

November 14, 2003

Even Cops Are Invited to Open Parties

By Mark Signa

Do cops have quotas? Do they get a bonus for writing a bunch of tickets? No, there's no free toaster for every five beer tickets we write. People often talk of quotas and how the police need to show a certain number of ...

November 14, 2003

Purple Hot Line

By Staff

Being purple must suck. As valid as the other five-sixths of the spectrum, it gets the regularly shaft nontheless. Being split into indigo and violet, for example - totally lame.

November 13, 2003

Take a Bite Out of It

By Staff

Our best hoops player went down with an injury - damn our luck. Just another blow for the athletics department, who, due to some organizational error, have forgotten to schedule games for the football team for over a dec...

November 13, 2003

Forget the Guy in the Bush

By Max Anders Susan Landgraff Carl Barnes

Have you ever meandered through the streets of Isla Vista and felt the compelling need to check the bushes for the possible creepy guy with the knife waiting for the helpless target to walk by?

November 13, 2003

U.S. Teeters Into Totalitarianism

By Katherine Drabiak

Totalitarian history of Russia and Nazi Germany evokes passionate sentiment of brutality and government policy gone horribly awry in the minds of the American public, who since birth has been surrounded by traditional de...

November 13, 2003

Romance Column Forgets About the Facts

By Joey Tartakovsky

Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerless to resist, they construct explanations to make them comprehensible. Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerl...

November 13, 2003

A Damn Lot of Pennies for Your Thoughts on Feminism

By Lee Gientke

I'm a UCSB alumnus and have heard that the UCSB College Republicans have been trying to host a debate between Phyllis Schlafly and a professor of women's studies, but despite several polite invitations and offers, all th...

November 13, 2003

Short and Irrelevant Career in Personal Saviordom Fails

By Steven Johnson

Regarding Shawn Nielsen and Natalie Spritzer's column "Carl's Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce" (Daily Nexus, Nov 12), I appreciate the fact that a couple of lousy punk teenagers think they need to warn me ab...

November 12, 2003

Strategery Is an Important Part of Governizing

By Staff

Arnold hired a new press secretary, a woman named Thompson. Apparently she worked on Gee-Dub Bush's campaign as well. Strange hiring, I thought. Arnold seemed to have the avoiding questions routine mastered.

November 12, 2003

Dirty Talk, Happy Humping

By Kate Rice

People use a wide array of mechanisms to liven up their sexual experiences. From food in the bedroom, to sex toys, to dressing up in a big animal costume with a hole cut out for the genital areas, if you're truly seeking...